About Willie
Willie Denard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who aims to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She works with adults who are dealing with trauma, relationship struggles, addiction, parenting strain, career concerns, and self-esteem or anger issues. Willie speaks English and provides straightforward support so people can take practical next steps.
Willie approaches care by centering each person’s experience and strengths. She follows client-centered principles that let clients lead the story while she offers guidance.
How Willie works
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. Mindfulness practices are used to build awareness and reduce reactivity in tense moments. With eight years of experience as an LCSW in California, she draws on concrete tools rather than labels.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small, achievable changes. That can include building coping skills for stress, planning around grief or loss, or addressing patterns that keep people stuck. Willie pays attention to practical life issues such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, codependency, and aging concerns.
She also helps people work through control struggles, communication problems, and feelings of guilt or abandonment. When end-of-life or hospice matters come up, she provides steady support for hard conversations. Therapy is collaborative and paced to the individual.
Willie helps clients set priorities, try new strategies between sessions, and measure progress in ways that matter to them.
Willie lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Willie works with
The areas below are the ones Willie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approach and access through online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's pace. The therapist treats each client as the expert on their life and helps them use their strengths to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits. Mindfulness Therapy adds short attention and breathing practices to help reduce reactivity and build calm during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with the client to choose which methods to try based on their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Plans can be adjusted over time if something isn't working or new priorities emerge.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people have face-to-face conversations, phone can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth situations, chat may work for shorter exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled talks. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.
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